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Why did the events of the past few weeks happen? That is the question everyone seems to be asking these days. Bookreporter.com is not a political website, nor do we claim to be experts on politics and current events, but we have heard from readers who are looking for books on how they can learn more about the culture of the Middle East. With this in mind we have culled the following lists of titles that we feel are applicable reading. May this reading provide useful information for our readers in this confusing and sorrow filled time.
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The Middle East --
A HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST
William Cleveland
Westview Press
ISBN: 0813334896
COVERING ISLAM: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
Edward W. Said
Vintage Books
ISBN: 0679758909
LEGACY OF THE PROPHET: Despots, Democrats, and the New Politics of Islam
Anthony Shadid
Westview Press
ISBN: 0813337798
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Islam --
ISLAM: A Short History
Karen Armstrong
Modern Library
ISBN: 0679640401
UNDERSTANDING ISLAM: An Introduction to the Muslim World
Thomas W. Lippman
Meridian Books
ISBN: 0452011604
WARRIORS OF THE PROPHET: The Struggle For Islam
Mark Huband
Westview Press
ISBN: 0813327814
PRICE OF HONOR: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World
Jan Goodwin
Penguin USA (Paper)
ISBN: 0452274303
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Afghanistan and The Taliban --
TALIBAN: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
Ahmed Rashid
Yale Univ Pr
ISBN: 0300083408
THE HIDDEN WAR: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan
Artyom Borovik
Grove Press
ISBN: 080213775X
CENTRAL ASIA IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Beatrice Manz
Westview Press
ISBN: 0813336384
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Terrorism --
TERROR IN THE MIND OF GOD: The Global Rise of Religious Violence
Mark Jurgensmeyer
University of California Press
ISBN: 0520223012
DOLLARS FOR TERROR: The US and Islam
Richard Labeviere
Algora Pub
ISBN: 1892941066
JIHAD VS. MCWORLD: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World
Benjamin Barber
Ballantine Books (Trd Pap)
ISBN: 0345383044
--- by Jennifer Abbots
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